Hotel College de France - Home. Vérification de sécurité nécessaire. French-grey-bedroom-ACS1116-cohen-morris. A Day With Gill Meller | River Cottage. Sarah Wilson | 12 reasons to visit Slovenia (or is it Slovakia)? - Sarah Wilson. LjuSlovenia is one of if not the most beautiful and bountiful country I’ve ever visited. It’s bound by Austria, Italy, Croatia and Hungary and manages to combine the best of all four nations…in its terrain, food culture and the character and warmth of the people.
It’s a relative new-comer on the Euro travel trail. The locals are aware of this; the tourism bureau produce postcards with “Greetings from Slovenia…or is it Slovakia” in full recognition of the fact most foreigners get bamboozled by the annexing history of this region. Which brings me to reason #1 for visiting Slovenia… 1. Few know about the place….and there’s so much to learn Most tourists in the area are Italian, Croatian or Austrian, ie neighbours. 2.
The capital is a wonderfully preserved Baroque and Habsburg-inspired town, of colourful churches, abundant greenery and cafes. that doesn’t allow cars into its centre. Around Slovenia, cafes are set up for quiet reflection. Café Cokl. TOZD. 3. 4. 5. The Library of Things. 6. 7. YUM! Tassie’s top 15 foodie must-dos - Wotif Insider. Mary Oliver on What Attention Really Means and Her Moving Eulogy to Her Soul ... By Maria Popova “Attention without feeling … is only a report.” Mary Oliver is one of our era’s most beloved and prolific poets — a sage of wisdom on the craft of poetry and a master of its magic; a woman as unafraid to be witty as she is to wise. For more than forty years, Oliver lived on Cape Cod with the love of her life, the remarkable photographer Molly Malone Cook — one of the first staff photographers for The Village Voice, with subjects like Walker Evans and Eleanor Roosevelt, and a visionary gallerist who opened the first photography gallery on the East Coast, exhibited such icons as Ansel Adams and Berenice Abbott, and recognized rising talent like William Clift.
(She was also, living up to her reputation as “a great Bohemian American,” the owner of a bookshop frequented by Norman Mailer and occasionally staffed by the filmmaker John Waters.) Mary Oliver (b. 1935, right) with Molly Malone Cook (1925–2005) at the couple's home in Provincetown, Massachusetts Donating = Loving. Booko: Comparing prices for Speechless: A Year In My Father's Bussiness. James Button spent a year writing speeches for Kevin Rudd. Before that, he reported on politics as a highly regarded journalist for Fairfax. But James also has politics in his blood: his father was the larger-than-life, street-fighting Senator John Button, who was a minister in the Hawke government. Growing up, James watched many political arguments fought under the family roof, witnessed a roll-call of political luminaries debating the direction of the Labor party and saw important victories and defeats at close hand. He believes both his father and his family paid a heavy price for politics.
The death of his brother was something that his father never got over and in a deeply moving account, James relates how his father blamed the late nights and all-consuming absorption of politics for his son's death. Speechless is James' highly personal account of watching the rough and tumble of Canberra from both the inside and the outside.
The Princes Highway Pilgrimage. If you’re hitting the road between our two biggest cities this summer, here are a few spots worth taking a detour for. It’s a bit of a windy meander through rolling hills and around cliff edges on the coastal highway between Sydney and Melbourne, and some of the tiny towns you’ll pass won’t have much more to offer than a crusty old pub and a servo. But turn off the main road and you’ll find some of the best oysters in the land, cold beer overlooking the water, kitsch antiques, gelato made from local fruit, surf spots, wineries and hot, fresh doughnuts. If you’re hitting the road between our two biggest cities this summer, here are a few spots worth taking a detour for. 1. Sea Cliff BridgeGrand Pacific Drive, Clifton, NSW You can’t miss this thrilling stretch of road, which runs right out over the water, parallel to the cliff face.
If you’re driving a convertible lucky you, it’s time to put the top down. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. It gets busy, and rightly so. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 24 Movies You Probably Missed This Year, But Should Totally See. Things to do in Canberra, the 72 hour guide. The nation’s capitol is attracting attention from around Australia and beyond. And there’s a reason why. James Turrell’s Retrospective will draw you in, but there’s more than enough in Canberra to keep you surprised, not to mention extremely well fed. The city has changed dramatically, and our three day guide is just the beginning.
Stay: Hotel HotelHotel Hotel is for people people. Monster is Hotel Hotel’s Sean McConnell-helmed restaurant and bar, serving share plates that pair flavours with the hotel’s trademark confidence. Hotel Hotel is a ten minutes by car from the airport or by foot to the city; and a ten-minute drive, 20-minute bike ride, or 40-minute walk from the NGA. NewActon Nishi, 25 Edinburgh Ave Canberra 02 62876287hotel-hotel.com.au Breakfast at Mocan & Green Grout Start your trip to Canberra the right way: with a big breakfast and excellent fair trade coffee at Mocan & Green Grout. 1/19 Marcus Clarke Street, NewActon South, Canberra 02 6162 2909moceanandgreengrout.com. Masquerade: how Kate Mulvany unlocked the secrets of Kit Williams' classic tale. Actress and playwright Kate Mulvany: her love of Masquerade began 30 years ago.
Photo: James Brickwood Remember your favourite book when you were a kid? Maybe it was The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton? The BFG by Roald Dahl? Lockie Leonard? Harry Potter? Twilight? Mine was Masquerade by Kit Williams, the story of the Moon, who sends her pet hare Jack on a celestial journey to deliver a token of her love – a jewel-encrusted amulet – to her paramour, the Sun. Kit Williams – also an artist and inventor – wrote and illustrated Masquerade in 1979.
Bounding to life: Masquerade by Kit Williams is now a play with live music. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, I was in a Perth oncology ward. Advertisement We didn't find it, of course. So when I was asked if I'd ever consider writing a play for families – a much-ignored demographic in theatre – Masquerade was the only option. Celestial journey: Masquerade by Kit Williams was published in 1979. But how? I expected no reply. Dear Kate, Best wishes, Procrastinator. Sanity-Saving Secrets For Caring For Your Aging Parents. Your Starter Kit Three questions to ask your parents right now. 1. Do you have a living will? Roughly 72 percent of seniors have advance directives specifying end-of-life medical wishes, according to a recent study funded by the National Institute on Aging. Make sure your parents are among them. While you're at it, confirm that the document has been revised in the last five years and that you know where to find it. 2. 3.
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" They might not know the author's only surviving "prompt" copy of the book, that is, Dickens' own annotated version used for live readings, is held at the New York Public Library. But it's without a doubt that Neil Gaiman gives one of the greatest deliveries of the classic holiday tale. That's why we're sharing his performance of A Christmas Carol for the book's 171st birthday. Gaiman was joined by BBC researcher and author Molly Oldfield, who revealed a little known fact about Dickens: The author was a great lover of cats, so much so, that he even used a macabre feline letter opener.
Oldfield explained: "New York was the first place I visited when I decided to write The Secret Museum. As eccentric as his letter-opening habits may have been, Dickens was a great orator.